“I am very happy in Turkey and they gave me new clothes and took me to the hospital. Turkey is a beautiful country but I miss my home and children,” she added.

Ali Sandikci, provincial director of Family and Social Policy Ministry, said the Turkish army has remained sensitive to the needs of the disabled and elderly since the beginning of the operation.

“Ahmet uncle and Azime aunt are a living example to this sensitization,” he said, adding they are receiving free-of-cost treatment.

According to a statement by the Turkish General Staff, the operation aims to establish security and stability along Turkey’s borders and the region as well as to protect Syrians from terrorist oppression and cruelty.

The operation is being carried out under the framework of Turkey's rights based on international law, UN Security Council resolutions, its self-defense rights under the UN charter, and respect for Syria's territorial integrity, the statement said.